Instead of fending off progressives, decade-long focus on shifting US ideology leftward better

Would have been more productive.

I’m old enough to have mixed feelings about progressive challengers upsetting moderate Dems in Congressional or gubernatorial primaries. Not because I don’t like progressives, but because in *some cases* I worry about whether the general election will be lost.

On the other hand, party establishment machinations to sideline progressive challengers make me think “they are shutting out an authentic voice who actually had a BETTER chance of winning.”

On a seemingly unrelated note, I am scanning DU headlines this morning looking for what to send a good friend who is generally apolitical but since the pandemic has become influenced by rightwing propaganda like Plandemic and other insidious messaging.

We need a prepackaged, cheerful or comical, 5 minute video every day that
1) inoculates against 1 or 2 of the latest rightwing lies with accurate information and
2) gives an example, an allegory, a good news story or a policy concept that advances both liberal and progressive thoughts.

The target are busy apolitical people who are otherwise getting influenced by
Then I thought, why hasn’t the Democratic Party created such content?

Why am I scouring headlines to find the best bubble-bursting stories? Why isn’t it readily available and entertaining?

Maybe I need to watch comedy more. But give me “the best new thing of the day.”